The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-11-24

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Gates that the pension laws be extended rather
than restricted, and makes the point that Presi-
dent Cleveland was in error in giving as a rea-
son for yetoing the Dependent Pension Bill
that il would admit dishonest claimants to its
rolls; that the ex-sOldiers who were dishonest
claimants were aided rather than repelled by
existing laws, and are on the rolls already.
Information Asked and Given.
L. W. Eastman, Band. Sd KY. Cav, Dodge
City, Kan, would like to ask somebody who
was with Gen. Fitzpatrick around Atlanta the
name of the town the cavalry burned the
night before the terrible charge at LoyejOy's
Station, where they got tobacco in such
great quantities. He wants also to know who
heard Gen. Fitzpatrick when he asked the Sd
Ky. band to 90 to the front and play, to cheer
the boys who were then fighting, until he
could go to the front himself.
AdOlph Fass, Sergeant, Co. b, 18th No, Fa-
rina, Ill., wants TO know If any cOmrade who
was at the st. Louis Encampment found a sill
yer triangle badge of the Second Division,
Fourth Corps. Above the triangle is fastened
a small bar, and on the back of the triangle his
full name and regiment is engraved. He says
he had splendid time at st. Louis, in spite Of
the rain that week and losing his triangle;
especially on account of meeting so many of
the old comrades of his regiment.
j. III. Rhodes, st. Peter, Mimi, found small
brass medal good many years ago on one of
the fields near Fredericksburg, on which is
engraved the name of Albert White, New York
City, with some other words going to show that
the medal was worn by its owner for identi-
fication. He would be glad to return it to the
owner or his friends
]. NJ Gross. Ravenswood. W. Va, sends a
Surgeons certificate of disability for Corp'l JAS
Clink (or Clark, Co. ID, 23d Mo-, which the
sender found among the papers of the late
Lieut.. II. A. Bull, 9th Ohio, who had once been
in temporary command of O company of the
23d Mo.
James T. Russell. West Warren, Mass, was
formerly soldier in the esd British Inf, and
had brother, John MeGrury, also in the same
regiment, but who, during the late war. served
in the 9Th Mich. He would be glad to have
any information regarding him.
| COmrade Heubert, Marshall, ILL.,, says if the
comrade who wrote to him from White Heath,
ILL.,, for package of old stamps, will send his
name he will get the stamps.
Lost and Found.
! J. c. Martin, Co. G., 9th Iowa, Mace, Ind,
left his knapsack at Moscow, Tenn, in the Fall
/ of 1862. In it was n large book, in which he
| kept field notes, and he would like to have some
information regarding it.
Guy Il. Gould, Battery G., Cd III. l.. A., 135
| Park avenue, Chicago, has Testament, which
I INTO ulo pOSotSSlOu diltI VIC ldSG hShb az
| Vicksburg. on the hy-leaf of which is written,
Capt. William NJ. Morris's Book, Co. ID, 32d
Ohio" If any of the Captains relatives see this
| he would be glad TO send il to them.
Lieut.. Frank Brunson, Co. +, SD Ind, Rush
vile, o.. lost feld-glass near Cumberland
Gap in 1862, and would be glad to hear from il
if any comrade knows anything in regard to it.
The Last Battle.
]. Campbell, Go. |, 37th ILL.,, Bay View, Wis
also locates BOco Chico rs on the Gulf coast Of
| Texas, near BraZos Santiago.
| Lieut.-Col. J. +. HerTick, 18th Ohio Cav.
Cleveland, o., contributes a new claim to the
last battle of the war, to the effect that Lieut.
J. J Defigh, with Troop l., 18th Ohio Cav, had
a skirmish May 10, 1850, near Madison, Ga.
resulting in the capture of Gen. Joseph Wheeler
his staff, and one company. In the skirmisE
Serg't A. G. Wall, of Wheeler's Texas Rangers
was killed, aud the name and circumstance
have been fixed in the writer's memory, be
cause il was believed that Serg't Wall was thu
last man killed in the war. This action wa.
just after the capture of JEFF Davis; the las
active service.
John Gregg Co. A, 37th H., Willis, Kan.
says that BOcO Chico where the last battle o
the war was fought, is in Texas, for the bOco-
or bayOu-was crossed on the march from
BrazOs Santiago 10 Brownsville, on the Rit
Grande, and was an inlet or arm OF the gulf.
A. Z. Carr, Co. II, 3ith Ind, Tacoma, Wash
Ter, asserts that Comrade Morris Is not quit,
correct in saying that the last fight of the wa
was at Boco Chico, May II, 1864. The fgh
was up the Rio Grande, II or Ia miles from
Boco Chico, which is a narrow channel between
the west end of Brazos Island and the main
land. The fight was on the 18th of May, 1855
and was beyond cavil the very last fight of tn
war;
Corp1 Rice Co. c, Sd Ohio Cav, Norwalk, o.
thinks that Comrade Collier. of the 18th Mich
should have given the Sd Ohio some credit 70
the fight on April 10, 1865, at the bridge nea
Columbus, Ga. as the regiment was engaged il
the 60-mile ride and the fight.
At Mobile.
NJ z. McNIckle, Co. B, 1I7th ILL.,, Milwau
kee, Wis, sarcastieally writes regarding Com
rade Stewards assertion that the Sixteenth
Corps was not engaged at Fort Blakely an
says that the Second Brigade Second Division
Sixteenth Corps, was in the rifie-pits at Blake
ly from the time when it was first surrounded
and was in the charge and capture.
John Y. Miller, Co. +, 69th Ind, MankatC
Kan, knows that the Sixteenth Corps was a
Fort Blakely, for he was in the fight himsel
w. J. Parrett, slst Ohio, Lyndon, o., and
number of others of the same command, sen
a certified statement that being attached to tn
- Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixteent
Corps, they participated with the 18th ILL., il
the recapture of DE Gress's battery.
ID. ID. Cooper, Co. /, 37th ILL.,, Belvidere, Ill
concerning the charge on Fort Blakely, say
Comrade Stewart is correct and Comrade Gala
han mistaken as to the troops engaged, whic
were of the Thirteenth Corps being the So
and 1l4th Ohio, 37th Ill. and Goth and 34t
Iowa. and two colored regiments on the ex
IRENE right. The Sixteenth Corps did not al
rive until the fort and 5000 prisoners wer
captured.
James Henderson, Co. A, 18th Wis, MANS
tee, Mich, says his regiment lost in the charg
at Fort Blakely 81 killed and wounded ii
was there.
, The Bloody Angle.
John A. Hubbell, Co. c, Goth Mich, OVID
} Mich, writing of the oak tree which was Gu
down by bullets, near the Bloody Angle" a
SpOttsylyania, says large part of the firm
, which cut down the tree was done by his reg
5 ment. 1t was warmly complimented by GEL
Barlow for holding its position so stubborn
t that day. The writer thinks it was the troop
of the Second Corps that cut down the tree.
= j. b. Abbott, Co. b, Goth Mich, FOwlersvill
b, Mich, sends a story of the oak tree cut dow
, at the Bloody Angle" at Spottsylyania, an
r adds the story told at the time in the Ricl
r mond Examiner by DIR. Charles McGill, of I'll